Supply Chain Project Manager

KYLE THOMAS CAMPBELL

**** ******** ****** *****, ***** Land, Texas 77479

248-***-**** • *******@*********.***

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Operations, Supply Chain Management, Strategy and Leadership

A recognized results-driven leader with extensive experience in project based consulting focused on streamlining strategic operations and modifying supply chains to promote growth and success throughout the Manufacturing, Chemical Processing, Pharmaceutical, Medical Distribution, Consumer Goods and Alternative Energy industries. Creative problem-solver with a passion for business strategy and a reputation for injecting an innovative perspective into high-level business strategy sessions to identify, leverage, and maximize unique opportunities for growth and continuous improvement in both operations and supply chain management

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

VWR International, Radnor, Pennsylvania • June 2011 - Present

VWR International, LLC, is a global laboratory supply and distribution company with worldwide sales in excess of $3.8 billion. VWR enables the advancement of the world's most critical research through the distribution of a highly diversified product line to most of the world's top pharmaceutical and biotech companies, as well as industrial, educational and governmental organizations.

Manager of Operations, Sugar Land, Texas • June 2011-Present

Manage all aspects of the facility related operations including: distribution, inventory control, supply chain services, labor management, IT, talent development planning and capital outlay programs.

• Full operations profit and loss ownership for a facility with yearly revenues in excess of $40 million

• Reduced facility operating expenses by 9.6% in the first 6 months on site

• Achieved a 40% reduction in Inventory related expenses from 2011 to 2012

• Worked in conjunction with the sales team to negotiate onsite consignment agreements to allow for sales maximization with minimal impact on the facilities existing space constraints

• Developed and instituted a facility reorganization strategy to foster employee development and talent maximization

• Maximized the facility layout to achieve an 8.4% increase in inventory locations, allowing for sales growth while minimizing the risk of stock outs

• Increased facility productivity, while reducing operating expense and increasing employee efficiency

• Assisted in the development of a Crisis Management Plan to minimize the potential risk for customer dissatisfaction during a time of emergency

• Instituted a sustainability program which reduced the facilities overall waste by 82% while also reducing energy expenditures by 33%

CAMPBELL INDUSTRIAL, Royal Oak, Michigan • 2002-2011

A leading Midwestern Merit Shop Mechanical Contracting Company specializing in project based consulting and turnkey industrial projects for companies throughout the Automotive, Chemical Processing, Pharmaceutical, Alternative Energy and Consumer Goods Industries.

Operations and Supply Chain Director• 2006-2011

Full operational responsibilities including project consulting, business development strategy, sales/marketing, customer account development, financial management, employee development, community leadership, health & safety and capital outlay programs

• Increased average annual sales by 53% from 2007-2009 with strategies including expanding service offerings, aggressive vendor management, achieving certifications to compete for government bids, and customer industry diversification.

• Achieved a 26% profit margin on a Solar Energy manufacturing facility expansion into Tijuana Mexico, while forming the strategic partnerships necessary to meet the government’s local content laws.

• Conceived, launched, and direct all operations of a metal fabricating division accounting for 30% of the companies yearly profits

• Consult on purchasing and procurement decisions for customer equipment acquisitions with normal average values in excess of $75 million per year

Operations Manager • 2005-2006

• Delivered significant savings by negotiating discounted payment terms with more than half of company’s major suppliers resulting in a 15% increase in profits

• Successfully diversified the company’s customer base away from the automotive industry and into the alternative energy, chemical processing and consumer goods industries which now accounts for 45% of the customer base

Project Manager • 2002-2004

• Managed the installation of over $25 million of solar cell manufacturing equipment

• Responsible for projects in excess of one million dollars of self performed work

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration March 2011

Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Bachelor of Arts in Supply Chain Management December 2001

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

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